Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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LODER, n. Also loader. Sh. tabu-name for a church precentor, sometimes a minister (Sh. 1897 J. Jakobsen Dial. Sh. 26, 1910 Old-Lore Misc. iii. I. 40). [′lo:dər]
[Appar. ad. O.N. látari, agent n. from láta, to let go, to utter sounds. The word would thus correspond to Lettergae, q.v.]
